May 14, 2012 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
Installation,
SQL Server,
SQL Server 2008 R2While installing a clustered SQL Server instance recently I ran across a bit of an annoyance. When I was going through the SQL Installation process I didn't pay any attention to which node of the cluster currently owned all the disks that I was planning on using for SQL Server. Because of this...
May 10, 2012 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
SQL Bits,
SQL Server,
SQL Server Days,
Tech EdAs I've been going through the process of getting my slide decks for Tech Ed, SQL Server Day 2012 and SQL Rally I've recome reminded that this whole process of writing presentations is actually pretty hard work. Writting abstracts and getting them submitted is the easiest part of the entire...
May 7, 2012 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
SQL PASS,
SQL ServerAs the SQL PASS 2012 Summit is quickly approaching I'm announcing, well in advance, that I'll be doing a another First Timers webcast. The web cast won't be for a while, but I wanted to start getting the word out there now. I'll be giving a repeat of my very popular webcast from last year on...
May 1, 2012 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
SQL Excursions,
SQL PASS,
SQL ServerSo it appears that May is going to be one of the busier travel months for me this year (at least so far). With three important week long events scheduled for this month it's going to be a hell of a month.
First is SQL Rally where I'm in Dallas Texas from May 7th-12th (I've got a pre-con on the...
April 30, 2012 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
Book,
Robert Cain,
SQL Server,
SQL Server 2012One of the many projects which I had the pleasure of working on during the second half of 2011 and the first quarter of 2012 was Wrox's
April 26, 2012 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
Amazon,
Database security,
Securing SQL Server,
SQL Injection,
SQL Server,
SQL Server 2012In case you missed my announcement earlier this week over on SecuringSQLServer.com...
I'm pleased to be able to announce that the
April 23, 2012 5:25 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
Budget,
Computer Science,
Social Commentary,
SQL Server,
STEM,
University of FloridaThis past week the University of Florida decided that they no longer need to teach their customers (let’s be realistic with decisions...
April 23, 2012 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
SQL Server,
SQL Server 2012,
Windows 2008 R2Microsoft has recently released hot fix 388724 under MS KB 2687741 which resolves a performance issue when failing over a SQL Server 2012 Availability Group from one replica to another.
The basic jist of the problem is that there was an...
April 19, 2012 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
Connection Issues,
SQL ServerOne of the things that people will need to change to their applications when using AlwaysOn under SQL Server 2012 will be that the applications will need to have retry logic added to the application so that if the SQL Server is down that the application can retry the connection.
Now this...
